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- Title
Study of the effects of in‐person attendance at academic conferences on the health of the attendees under COVID‐19 pandemic.
- Authors
Yahata, Hideaki; Kato, Kiyoko; Shimokawa, Mototsugu; Kawamura, Keiko; Shimono, Nobuyuki; Kawana, Kei; Okamoto, Aikou; Aoki, Daisuke; Kimura, Tadashi
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the effects of in‐person attendance at an academic conference held during the Covid‐19 pandemic on the health of the attendees, as assessed based on symptoms such as fever and cough attributed to infection with the Covid‐19 virus. Methods: A questionnaire was used to survey the members of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) about their health during the period from August 7 to August 12, 2022, after the 74th Annual Congress of the JSOG, which was held August 5 to 7. Results: Our survey yielded responses from 3054 members (1566 of whom had attended the congress in person and 1488 of whom had not attended in person); 102 (6.5%) of the in‐person attendees and 93 (6.2%) of the people who did not attend in person reported problems with their health. No statistically significant difference was found between these two groups (p = 0.766). In a univariate analysis of factors affecting the presence of health problems, attendees with age ≥60 years had significantly fewer health problems than attendees who were in their 20s (odds ratio: 0.366 [0.167–0.802; p = 0.0120]). In a multivariate analysis, attendees who had received four vaccine shots had significantly fewer health problems than attendees who had received three shots (odds ratio: 0.397 [0.229–0.690, p = 0.0010]). Conclusion: Congress attendees who took precautions at the congress to avoid being infected and who had a high vaccination rate did not develop significantly more health problems associated with in‐person attendance at the congress.
- Subjects
STATISTICS; FEVER; COVID-19; IMMUNIZATION; MULTIVARIATE analysis; CONFERENCES &; conventions; HEALTH status indicators; INFECTION control; COUGH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ODDS ratio; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2023, Vol 49, Issue 4, p1083
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jog.15626